Game



July 7, 1925. 1,544,618

P. E. WAITE GAME Filed April 17. 1924 p I gnuefltw Bl: 71 0/76 Guam",

I To all whom it may concerniis preferably Hutchinson, in the county I of =Reno' and Patented Jul 7,19 5, t I e 7 1 544 if rnnov swam, nu rcirrnsoiv,

Application filed Apfil'l'i, 1924f swarm. 707,283.

v j In the'drawing wherein forxthe" purpose Be it known that I, PERCY E. WAITIL', a" of illustration is shown'the preferred emficitizen of the United .Statesyr'esiding atlbodiment of 'my *invention,th'e fnumerali l-f designates one of the units forming faipartj State of Kansas, have invented certain new of the present invention and each"unit-=is and useful Improvements in a Game, of" which thefollowing is'a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in game's-and has for its" principal object to provide adevice of the above mentioned character, which will afford amusement of "the-highest degree and in the form of a puzzle. A'still further objectofthe present in in the' manner clearly illustrated* in the drawing. 'As many units 'maybeprovided' A as is "desired andt-he same "are J further" so arranged. as to cooperate with each other-" so that when the units are assembledfia figure of a predetermined design mayszbe formed. In the present instance rLzhave 7 shown the-figure asreprese-nting a: snake, although it is to be understood that any other animal-may be represented. u-Thetobek; jective piece is illustrated ate 2with-refer encemore particularly to Figure 31 off: the

vention is to provide a game of'the abo've mentioned character; which will not only require the exercising of a great degree-of skill on the part of the personsplaying the substantially of an irregular configuratioirfi more adapted game but will'also require the proper placdrawing and 'as shownthereimwany'suitablesi ing of the several parts comprising the game indicia may be placed thereon to render a in order to carry out the objects of the ingame mor interesting. The units and the vention. 1 objective piece are preferably formed of A still further object of the present incardboard although any other suitable mavention is to provid a game of the above terial may be substituted therefor and I do 30 mentioned character, wherein the same comnot wish to limit myself to the particular prises a plurality of cooperating units and kind of material to be used.

an objective, the objective being placed at In playing the game, the objective piece a predetermined position, and the units be- 2 is placed at a predetermined point on a 8 ing adapted for'assembly in such a manner as to have the last unit receiving the objective.

A still further object is to provide a game of the above mentioned character, wherein the units when assembled will simulate a snake.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, inexpensive, strong and durable and furtherfor the purposes for which it is designated.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals designate. like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a game showing position with therewith.

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the units, and

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the objective piece.

plan View of my improved the same in an assembled the objective in engagement each other so that the same will have their table or other game board and the object of the game is to form the figure by placing the units comprising the same in cooperative relation so that the last unit placed on the figure, and in which in the present instance represents the head of the snake and is designated by the numeral 3 will have its mouth receiving the objective piece 2 in the manner clearly shown in Figure 1. The first unit to be placed on the table is the. tail 4 and the smaller end thereof forms the starting point for the game. The several units are then placed-into cooperative relation with each other, it being understood that the proper unit is to be placed adjacent adjacent edges meeting and being of the same width and when the last unit or head section 3 is placed on the table, an effort is made to raise the unit so that the head will receive the objective piece 2. The units may be assembled in various configurations to simulate the various movements of a snake and as heretofore stated, as many units may b provided as is desired.

A game of the above mentioned character, requires the exercising of skill and ingenulty on the part of the person playing the same and alsoi-a-fiords amusement of! the -.highest degree as iweil' as-pnoviding an edu national} device for younger children. The game may also be played by grownepersons. T0. further render the game more pleasingto the eye, each unit may have printed or otherwise formed thereon the various lines which are apparent oneaisnakeeini the usual manner.

.flihe simplicity offgiamy ggame= enables the rhea-manufactured at :a \tfl YrlOXVqCOSil' m 'HQ ine essitate the provision; of -a epemalgpiaying; table;-'f01' :the:- same.

While Dhaveshmvm thegplefernedgembodimentwf; invention; it is; to'+- be un derstom'li that" v.zti'ious ..ehanges in; the: size,- shape, and; arrangement; of; parts may be '1QSOIteCl,,-b 0

withqntidepartingifronn the -spirit ,of ethe; in?

venti'on and it'h'B scope; of .the-vappended claims.

Having thus-deseribe'daniy invention, what I claim is :1. 1mm :gamelQft' tlierxclass described, .an ob? j ectivea pieee,;:1a.- starting 7 piece, an d va plum-1'- ity of units, ;.one of: which; is engageable With the objective .pieee, said; units being formed so :38 to be gplaeedrz inaenclzptoi-endi relationship, eacheunit? dbeing 1a] ways dis-v posedaadjacent the same unit,, said units beingofi an irregular formation so as to be capable of forming an undulating line be tween the objective piece and the starting "piece.

.2. In a game of the class described, an objective piece, an engaging piece for associatiIl-Witl1gi-h6 objeetive piece, a starting piece, and a plurality of intermediate units adapted to be plaeedzifn-z end toeend-relationship; from the starting piecesso that the engaginggpieee-may .be plaeed; on the end there- 1 of :for engaging the objective piece, staid units, being-of an irregular formation vand: I reversible.

In a; gameiof the: classwdesenibed,aui

: objective; piece,-,-anaengaging g pieeea tor =associationnvithv the vobjeet-ive piece, pa starting: 1' piece, randa plurality of intermediate 1 units adapted'to; be; placed: in: end tOwGIidPIeIat'iOD- :sh-ipyfronnthestarting piece s05 thatthe en;-

1: gaging piece :may be placed on itihepnd ztheneof :for, engaging-the objective piece,

' said: units v beingmf-an irregular fOIHZldtiOll 7--2LI1df"I2V1Sil5l,; said starting; piece and said engaging; teeth also -:bei 11g vreversible;

sIilt testimony. whereof; I -afiix-.-my signature;

PERCY E; WVALTE, 

